(n.) One who admonishes; one who warns of faults, informs of duty, or gives advice and instruction by way of reproof or caution.
(n.) Hence, specifically, a pupil selected to look to the school in the absence of the instructor, to notice the absence or faults of the scholars, or to instruct a division or class.
(n.) Any large Old World lizard of the genus Varanus; esp., the Egyptian species (V. Niloticus), which is useful because it devours the eggs and young of the crocodile. It is sometimes five or six feet long.
(n.) An ironclad war vessel, very low in the water, and having one or more heavily-armored revolving turrets, carrying heavy guns.
(n.) A tool holder, as for a lathe, shaped like a low turret, and capable of being revolved on a vertical pivot so as to bring successively the several tools in holds into proper position for cutting.
Example Sentences:
(1) Indicators for evaluation and monitoring and outcome measures are described within the context of health service management to describe control measure output in terms of community effectiveness.
(2) Patients with normal echocardiogram and ECG on admission do not require intensive care monitoring.
(3) Such an increase in antibody binding occurred simultaneously with an increase in the fluidity of surface lipid regions, as monitored by fluorescence depolarization of 1-(trimethylammoniophenyl)-6-phenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene.
(4) It has been generally believed that the ligand-binding of steroid hormone receptors triggers an allosteric change in receptor structure, manifested by an increased affinity of the receptor for DNA in vitro and nuclear target elements in vivo, as monitored by nuclear translocation.
(5) In the present investigation we monitored the incorporation of [14C] from [U-14C]glucose into various rat brain glycolytic intermediates of conscious and pentobarbital-anesthetized animals.
(6) In order to control noise- and vibration-caused diseases it was necessary not only to improve machines' quality and service conditions but also to pay special attention to the choice of operators and to the quality of monitoring their adaptation process.
(7) Arterial oxyhaemoglobin saturation (SaO2) was monitored continuously during normal labour in 33 healthy parturients receiving pethidine and nitrous oxide for analgesia.
(8) Circuitry has been developed to feed the output of an ear densitogram pickup into one channel of a two-channel Holter monitor.
(9) Early recognition is facilitated by monitoring of arterial blood gas levels for hypoxemia.
(10) We have not had another incidence of fetal scalp infection associated with intrapartum monitoring.
(11) The Department of Health referred questions to Monitor.
(12) Stable factor-dependent B-cell hybridomas were used to monitor the purification of the growth factor from the supernatant of a clonotypically stimulated mouse helper T-cell clone.
(13) It is suitable either for brief sampling of AP durations when recording with microelectrodes, which may impale cells intermittently, or for continuous monitoring, as with suction electrodes on intact beating hearts in situ.
(14) In order to develop a sampling strategy and a method for analyzing the circadian body temperature pattern, we monitored estimates of the temperature in four ways using rectal, oral, axillary and deep body temperature from the skin surface every hour for 72 consecutive hours in 10 normal control subjects.
(15) We conclude that 1H MRS has a clear role in the diagnosis and biochemical assessment of intracranial tumours and in the evaluation and monitoring of therapy.
(16) Conjugational recombination in Escherichia coli was investigated by monitoring synthesis of the lacZ+ product, beta-galactosidase, in crosses between lacZ mutants.
(17) We conclude that plasma LAP measurements have little value in monitoring ovulation induction therapy.
(18) We reviewed the results of intraoperative monitoring of short-latency cortical evoked potentials in 81 patients who underwent surgical procedures of the cervical spine.
(19) Treatment was monitored by simple measurements, and it's toxicity proved to be scanty.
(20) A case of automobile trauma to a pregnant woman at term is presented, and a plan of management involving fetal monitoring is recommended.
Varan
Definition:
(n.) The monitor. See Monitor, 3.
Example Sentences:
(1) GROUP A FRANCE The hosts can call on their most talented group of players for a decade, with an exciting young generation featuring Raphaël Varane, Paul Pogba, Antoine Griezmann and Anthony Martial.
(2) From Toni Kroos’s whipped free-kick, he extended his arm to fend off Varane and guided the header beyond Hugo Lloris.
(4) A new centre-back pairing of Sakho and Varane, a new forward line featuring Valbuena and Benzema.
(5) A key member of France’s Under-21 side, Laporte has yet to make an appearance for the senior side given stiff competition from the likes of Raphaël Varane, Laurent Koscielny and Kurt Zouma.
(6) Deschamps’ problems lie elsewhere, namely in a back four which – with Kurt Zouma, Raphaël Varane and Jérémy Mathieu injured and Mamadou Sakho not picked because of his initial doping suspension – will miss the presence of a true stopper to play alongside Laurent Koscielny in central defence.
(7) Varanic acid (3alpha, 7alpha, 12alpha, 24xi-tetrahydorxy-5beta-cholestan-26-oic acid), a metabolite of THCA, could not be identified in either of these patients.
(8) Updated at 7.35pm GMT 5.45pm GMT The teams are in France: Lloris, Debuchy, Varane, Sakho, Evra, Pogba, Matuidi, Cabaye, Valbuena, Ribery, Benzema.
(9) By assuming that this compound would be conjugated and excreted if the metabolic block occurred after the formation of varanic acid, the defect in these patients appears to be due to a deficiency of a 24-hydroxylating enzyme system required to convert THCA into varanic acid.
(10) 4.29pm BST Team news France make six changes after taking some downtime against Honduras, with Olivier Giroud recalled and Yohan Cabaye back from suspension: Lloris, Debuchy, Varane, Koscielny, Evra, Pogba, Cabaye, Matuidi, Valbuena, Giroud, Benzema.
(11) Having taken a rather clumpish touch, Varane is able to blooter free.
(13) Mourinho likes Real Madrid’s French centre-back Raphaël Varane, while the club are also monitoring the situation of Cesc Fábregas, who could be available for £30m from Barcelona.
(14) Marcelo made it 3-1 with a left-foot drive that went under Courtois’ body and among the celebrations for Ronaldo’s penalty, after he had gone down under Godín’s challenge, Simeone was so incensed when Raphaël Varane kicked the ball towards the opposition dugout he charged on the pitch to confront the defender.
(15) Pepe was left out of the squad four days after saying Mourinho had "shown a lack of respect" to Casillas in an interview following the 4-3 win over Real Valladolid, but Karanka insisted the defender had been excluded for footballing reasons, pointing to the form of the 19-year-old centre-back Raphaël Varane, who has been first-choice centre-back alongside Sergio Ramos since March.
(16) Raphaël Varane is the best centre-back, while Laurent Koscielny gets the nod ahead of Mamadou Sakho because he is less error-prone and ahead of Aymeric Laporte because of heading prowess.
(17) two isomers of varanic acid were present; in the bile from N.B.
(18) Varane is forced to batter the ball behind for a corner.
(19) Mamadou Sakho found the going tough alongside the assured Raphaël Varane.
(20) The results provide evidence for peroxisomal pathways for cholic acid synthesis in man via THCA, delta 24-THCA and varanic acid and show that bile acid analyses can be used to diagnose peroxisomal thiolase deficiency.